Greenwich High School Salmon Hatchery Program

200 fertilized Brown Trout eggs were placed in the hatching jar at the Greenwich High School on Oct.4. These eggs are expected to start hatching in five days. the live Brown trout will then feed on their eggs sacks for about 3 weeks. They will then emerge as free feeding trout. Ray Hamilton, who is leading this project with the help of Mianus member Walt Kirkman will then transfer them from the hatching jars to the aquarium that we have donated to the school. The small fish are at the "swim-up" stage and will be fed a small amount of powder-like starter food daily.
The most critical of all elements is the water temp and the pH. The water needs to remain at 50f and the pH at 8.1. All of the equipment need to cool and maintain these conditions and functioning properly.
As of Oct 9 we have over 190 hatched trout. They have been transferred to a 5 gallon insulated aquarium. They will stay in here for 2-3 weeks while they mature.
When these trout reach fry stage they will be transferred to the Wilton High School. Once in Wilton they will monitor their growth and study them until they are large enough to be released into the Norwalk River.

This is one of the lucky trout after hatching as seen through the eyes of Mike law

Mike Law analyzes one of the hatched eggs at the Greenwich High school

Mianus Board of Director Walt Kirkman monitors water quality.

Soon to live in the Norwalk River

Stocking the Norwalk River with the High School Hatchery science class.

Wilton High School Trout Hatchery Program

The WIlton High School under the direction of Jim Lucey has started a trout hatchery with the help of the Mianus Chapter.  Jim and his team of students will be updating this page with pictures and an ongoing database of information on this project.